Rafael De la Rica was born in 1980, in Maó, Minorca, the easternmost island of the Balearics (and actually the easternmost Spanish territory), where he currently lives and works. Rafael obtained his BFA degree at the prestigious Art school La Llotja, in Barcelona, where he learned to paint with astonishing accuracy. The making of his artworks require working many hours a day, which he does with great discipline. Though Rafael De la Rica is a realist painter with a reverence for the classics, he paints from a contemporary view. He paints several subjects, but his main loves are Still-lifes and Portraits. Despite Rafael paints in a wide variety of sizes, from really small to very big, all his works share the same Minorcan light, and a extraordinary serenity that is almost Zen. Rafael De la Rica is a multifaceted artists: besides being a Painter and Art teacher, he is a Musician and lead singer of a Rock Group.